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MAIF Group honored in 2013 Responsible Investor Award

03/12/2013

Amadeis and Mirova, the responsible investment core of Natixis Asset Management, have come together for the sixth consecutive year to present the Responsible Investor Award in partnership with Les Echos.

This year, the prize was awarded to mutual insurance group MAIF.

The aim of the award is to reward institutional investors who have stood out as responsible investors through their actions over the previous twelve months.
With assets under management totaling approximately EUR 15.7 billion , the MAIF group has made responsible investing a key focus of its investment policy since 2009:
• the first French insurer to sign the PRI
• SRI charter formalized and validated by the Board of Directors, specifying the company’s engagement focus.

In 2013, this approach translated into concrete initiatives in responsible investment, including:
• Integration of an internal SRI analysis and rating process based on VIGEO research, which has an impact on compulsory investment decisions. This asset class represents ¾ of the group’s financial investments. Evaluation of the extent to which MAIF’s partner management companies have adopted SRI in their corporate conduct and in their investment via an SRI due diligence questionnaire.
• Signing of a research partnership agreement with the University of Auvergne to finance the “Corporate Value and Social Responsibility” Chair.

This year, the award was presented at an event organized with ICGN, a global organization dedicated to promoting corporate governance standards.